Chapter 3613: Injustice League (Part 13)

After Bruce and the others completed the perfect crime and handled the stolen goods, they came to the crime scene. When they arrived, they only saw Batman lying in a pool of blood, and Superman standing there blankly, like a statue.

Oliver looked at Batman's corpse on the ground and sighed. Diana put away the long sword in her hand. Clark walked forward to observe his counterpart, and then said: "Looks like he should have been stimulated too much, leading to a mental reboot. Let's take them back first."

"Batman is handed to you," Oliver looked at Bruce and said, "Let's take Superman back to the base. Hopefully, after he wakes up, he won't do anything stupid again."

Bruce nodded, scooped Batman up from the ground, didn't take the same path as Oliver and the others, but directly summoned a bright beam of light, and took Batman to heaven—don't misunderstand, it's not saying Batman can go to heaven, but Bruce physically took him to heaven.

After arriving in heaven, Bruce directly threw Batman into the pool of the Holy Spring, and said to the angel beside him: "Don't touch him, let him soak for a while. If Uriel or Michael comes, just say I went to the Eden Lake side."

The angel beside him could only nod. They didn't dare to touch Batman. As universe administrators, they knew best how powerful this protagonist Batman was. Everything related to Batman was the underlying setting of the universe. Now that they ran over, what if they broke the code? What was even more terrifying was, what if he looked at them and they turned into the Joker?

Batman lay in the pool for a few minutes, and the wounds on his body healed quickly. Not long after, he woke up. Seeing that he seemed to be lying in water, he said somewhat suspiciously: "Lazarus Pit?"

Then, he was stunned when he saw the angel with wings behind him.

Clearly, Batman didn't believe he could go to heaven either.

And, if he could go to heaven, then why could Bruce go to heaven?!

Bruce walked to the side of the Holy Spring and said: "You're awake. Let's go, Superman is still waiting for you."

"Don't you think you have a need to explain?"

"What's there to explain?" Bruce pulled him up from the pool and then said, "If you must know, you'll have to wait a while. Because if we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave."

Bruce pulled Batman into the portal beside him. One second before stepping into the portal, Batman seemed to vaguely hear a roar.

"I think we can talk," Batman said when landing, "You should know what Superman wants to do. But I oppose reversing time. However, if you can travel through time to bring Lois..."

"I thought you had a lot to ask."

"Precisely because there's too much, I'm not in a hurry to ask," Batman said, "I just want to solve the problem now. It's been dragged on for too long."

"Of course. We can help you, we came here to do this. But our price isn't cheap, are you sure you can afford it?"

"What do you want? To rule Earth?"

"You should know, ruling this messy Earth of yours now can't be considered a good thing. However, if you sincerely invite us, we aren't unable to reluctantly agree..."

"Stop beating around the bush, I have to go see Superman in a while."

"We want Brainiac."

Batman narrowed his eyes.

"You should know, the Brainiac of our universe is about to solve the problem. By then, we're afraid we must talk to him. There aren't many things that can move a super artificial intelligence, unless it's another him."

"What use is that to him? Can it improve his computing speed?"

"No. But it can become him. I mean, 'There can only be one Brainiac in the multiverse', how is this slogan?"

Batman turned his head to look at Bruce, but those blue eyes were never serious, so this sounded like a joke. But Batman knew he wasn't joking. This made his back feel cold.

"You are eyeing the multiverse... you want to use Brainiac to invade the multiverse?"

"I don't really like the word 'invade'. You think the various universes of the multiverse should develop autonomously, only because you don't know what kind of crisis is hidden behind the multiverse. The real invaders aren't us, we are just preparing early."

Batman was slightly silent, but with his wisdom, he could naturally deduce the situation of the multiverse now. The Batmen in Battleworld weren't all righteous people. Some existences came from darker places, where there were deeper secrets and more terrifying enemies.

Before the enemy arrives, wanting to persuade so many Batmen to unite is almost impossible. Just like when he learned about Bruce's idea, he only felt that he wanted to invade his universe. Every Batman would think so.

Then only one method remains—let Batman have no choice.

"Even if Brainiac of our universe is turned into yours, how will the host and the branch servers communicate? Have you already developed cross-universe network technology?"

"That's a problem for Brainiac to solve," Bruce said, "We can provide him with a little bit of technical support, but how to do it exactly depends on how much he wants the multiverse to be one."

"You eyeing us wasn't an accident," Batman turned and walked out of the room, and said, "But I don't think your plan can succeed. Our universe has special circumstances, which allowed you to take advantage of the void. If it were a normal universe's Batman, he wouldn't give you this opportunity."

"Perhaps," Bruce didn't refute, he said, "But that's a matter for us to worry about. You just need to consider whether to accept our conditions."

"You want your Brainiac to rule Earth here? Do you think he can rule humans?"

"In countless time loops, his experience is already rich enough, and he must do it well. Opening up the multiverse isn't that simple, and the enemies faced are also more terrifying than what he faced in the time loops. He must be more cautious, more step-by-step."

Batman took a deep breath and said: "It won't get any worse anyway. Deal."

Batman came to Superman's room. Superman sat up the moment he saw him. Those light blue eyes stared straight at him, full of resentment.

"Are you still planning to forget everything?" Batman looked at him and asked, "Although I absolutely don't agree with reversing time, if you must pretend to know nothing, perhaps you can let them modify your memory..."

"Is that all you intend to say?!" Superman stood up, looked into his eyes and asked, "You died once!"

"Yes, I even went to heaven. This isn't an experience just anyone can have."

"Why do you say all of this so lightly? Is death so worthless in your eyes?"

"Death has always been heavier for those who are alive. For those who are dead, dead is dead, there is no special meaning. I don't have any special point of view to express either."

Superman lowered his head somewhat dejectedly and said: "Would Lois think so too? Is death nothing to her?"

"That's still a bit different," Batman said, "For someone who is always full of hope for the future, death is always more painful. It just so happens I'm not that kind of person, so the two of us are different."

Superman looked at him again, the emotions in his eyes could no longer be described as complex. He was angry, resentful, lingering fear, and bewildered.

"My death and Lois's death are completely two different things. Wonder Woman and the Joker are also completely two different things. If you still want to blame me, just do it. Actually, I don't care at all."

"What's the difference?" Superman turned around and said, "If Lois is also resurrected, then there is no difference... none..."

"I'm not here to force you to admit you're wrong," Batman shook his head and said, "I never wanted to do that, it's you who thought I would. Forget it, suit yourself."

Batman turned and left, but was soon pulled by Superman. Superman said: "No, you can't leave."

Then he looked at the others beside him and said: "You have to make it clear, what is going on. What happened to Wonder Woman?"

"I heard someone calling me," Diana walked in from outside the door and said. Superman stared at her suspiciously, but after looking for a long time, he didn't see any difference.

"A simple little trick," Bruce said, "In fact, there is more than one of our Diana who came to your universe."

"The Flash mentioned that he saw another figure beside Barry in your universe," Batman finally remembered he was a detective, and he said, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be another Diana."

Superman's super-brain still wasn't working. He looked blankly at Batman and said: "Why is this? Why would there be two Dianas in their universe?"

"Because we have the Flash," Bruce shrugged and said, "He traveled to the past and brought back a past Diana. Departed a step earlier than us, and naturally, two came over when arriving in your universe."

Superman finally reacted, and he said: "So the two Wonder Women in the surveillance footage that killed Wonder Woman were both your people. The past Diana killed the current Diana, and then the past Diana disguised herself as our Diana. Then what about our Diana?"

"Right here," a golden light flashed, and Barry appeared with Wonder Woman bound by dark energy. Then he made a cross on his chest and said: "I'm also knowing for the first time that counterparts from different universes can be so different. This lady of yours really gave me a big surprise. If it were earlier, I would have let my parents file a lawsuit in the local court, accusing her of inciting minors to use foul language."

Superman pursed his lips. Thinking Wonder Woman was crazy was one of the few consensuses he and Batman had before.

The answer was so easy to understand that Superman couldn't ask any more questions. Simply put, the other side staged a Wonder Woman murder case, just to mix their own Wonder Woman in and give Batman a sword at a critical moment.

As for why the other side wanted to give Batman a sword, Superman could roughly figure it out. The key to their universe lay in the conflict between him and Batman. And the conflict between him and Batman lay in the Joker killing Lois, Superman killing the Joker, and Batman feeling he didn't do the right thing.

Such a tragedy, even if it repeats millions of times on others besides the two of them, won't make them learn any lesson, and they will still walk further and further away in the end.

But if such a tragedy happened to Batman, and he still insisted on his own view, firmly not allowing Superman to kill the murderer, then perhaps, Superman wouldn't be able to say anything either.

People don't hate saints, they just hate those who have double standards. Some people point fingers at others, but if bad things fall on their own heads, they are more anxious and have less principles than anyone else. This is the most disgusting thing.

But if a person insists on a principle from birth to death, even if the same tragedy falls on his head, he firmly refuses to change, from beginning to end, never betraying, then whether what he insists on is right or wrong in the secular sense is no longer important.

If a person, like a saint or Jesus, uses his own life to practice his own Dao, this proves he isn't targeting any specific person. People don't do anything in the end, not because they understand him, but just because they are helpless. In other words, don't argue with a lunatic.

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